Dworkin (surname)

Dworkin or Dvorkin (Дворкин) is a Jewish (Eastern Ashkenasic) surname originating from the diminutive Dvorke/Dvorka of the Yiddish form Dvoyre/Dviyra of the Hebrew given name Deborah. In Slavic countries it is strictly masculine, with the feminine counterpart being Dworkina or Dvorkina. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Aaron Dworkin (born 1970), American musician and activist
 * Alexander Dvorkin, a sectologist, linked to Russian Orthodox Church
 * Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005), American feminist writer
 * Cora Dvorkin, Argentine physicist
 * Craig Dworkin, American poet and Professor of English
 * Dan Dworkin (born 1972), American screenwriter and television producer
 * David Dworkin (born 1934), American musician
 * Dorothy Dworkin (1889–1976), Canadian nurse, businesswoman and philanthropist
 * Gerald Dworkin (born 1937), American legal philosopher
 * Howard Dvorkin, American finance expert
 * Jeffrey Dvorkin, American journalist
 * Jonathan Dworkin (1936-2013), American attorney and labor arbitrator
 * Judith Dvorkin (1928–1995), American composer and librettist
 * Ilya Dvorkin, Russian-Israeli historian
 * Keith Dworkin, American playwright
 * Mark J. Dworkin (1946–2012), Canadian writer
 * Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013), American legal philosopher
 * Ronald W. Dworkin, American anesthesiologist
 * (born 1936), Russian commanding officer, ballistic missiles designer, and statesman